In plant and fungal cells, vacuoles help maintain cell structure. All eukaryotic cells have a cell ... they are still present in plants, fungi and some protists. These rigid structures provide ...

New research reveals that stentors, which are part of a group called protists ... order structure, like what we do as humans.” Scientists believe that the ability of single-cell creatures ...

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Prototaxites fossils continue to divide scientists. These 400-million-year-old structures may belong to a completely extinct branch of life. Since ...

References used in the compilation of the Antarctic Marine Protists Glossary Corliss ... invagination: inpushing of a layer of cells; or a concave structure (e.g. cell surface, oral area) in ...

In doing so, scientists have leveraged countless natural experiments involving interactions of the toxins with targeted cells and tissues ... including their biochemical structure; associated ...

Stentor coeruleus is a giant unicellular, filter-feeding protist that uses the coordinated motion of its oral ciliary structure to generate ... genetically identical cells, Stentor colonies ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...